Category: Fighting Games

Hopeful Sin Kiske and Elphelt Valentine mains looking to gather as much information on Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-‘s console newcomers before its release this month just received a couple of nice resources thanks to the folks over at 4Gamer. The website recently released a couple of videos that demonstrate basic combos for both characters, which should serve as a great starting point for more advanced strategies once everyone gets their hands on the game.

Each combo is shown once at regular speed and a second time in slow motion. That second, slowed version gives viewers enough time to see each move involved, which can be important when entering the unfamiliar territory of a new game. While short, both videos include strings that end in a knockdown, anti-air combos, and some raw Dust shenanigans.

We’re also able to catch a glimpse of the massive fish and other snacks that Sin is capable of inhaling post-combo to refill his appetite meter. We do only get to see the hungry fighter consume a couple of different bits of food, but this is one of the few times when “bread and butter” combos could quite literally involve, well, bread and butter.

I’ll see myself out.

Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- is scheduled to launch in Japan on December 4 with a North American release following on December 16.

Source: 4Gamer via BROKENTIER

Moment 37 Reloaded, held last month at Cal Poly in Pomona, California, gave fans both new and old alike a chance to relive not just the titular Evo Moment but also some of the great games of yesteryear.

Aside from Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, the event featured tournaments for Capcom vs. SNK 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Attending these tournaments were some of the best players around, including BAS, TSC|Sanford Kelly, HungBee, Amir, Afro Legends, UGC|Afro Cole, EG|Justin Wong, and even organizer Mike Watson himself.

For those who missed watching this tournament live, the top eight matches have been uploaded to help you catch up. We’ve posted the finals matches for each game below, and you can check out the rest here.

Capcom vs. SNK 2

Marvel vs. Capcom 2

Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Source: Super Arcade

With Capcom Cup 2014 only a few weeks away, Capcom and UltraChen TV continue to highlight the players who will be participating in the big game.

First up, they take a look at none other than the Prodigal Son himself, Team Dignitas’ Ryan Hart. This Guinness world record holder is a perennial favorite in both European and international competition thanks to his strong Sagat play.

The second video focuses on Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis, arguably the best player in Southern California and possibly the entire west coast. Lewis has had a banner year, making top eight at Evo 2014 as well as winning consistently at Wednesday Night Fights.

As with all these breakdowns, UltraDavid and James Chen’s analysis features high-profile matches of both players to break down just what they bring to the table for Capcom Cup 2014.

Source: Capcom Fighters

It’s not like Vergil really needs any more tools to help keep him firmly placed among the top characters in the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 roster, but that hasn’t stopped him from receiving plenty over the life of the game. XusesGB contacted us earlier today with a video showing off a bit of new tech that this son of Sparda borrows from Wolverine, and it stands to possibly change how the character is played in certain matchups.

It turns out that, much like Logan, Vergil is capable of performing a jumping light followed immediately by an X-Factor activation. If the airborne attack hits a grounded opponent, the following X-Factor combo guarantees a kill. However, due to the nature of its hitbox, the tactic can’t be used as an instant overhead against everyone.

In cursory testing, I’ve found this strategy works against crouching opponents with unusually large hurtboxes, like Sentinel, Tron, M.O.D.O.K., Hulk, and Nemesis, but that it also whiffs on plenty of the average and smaller hurtboxes for characters like like Spencer, Wolverine, and even Captain America. These lists are, of course, far from exhaustive, and there are potentially ways to alter the tactic to make it work against the shorter folks.

There are still some situations where this tactic can be used as it currently exists, and there are certainly plenty more to be discovered. To get those thoughts flowing, Xuses has included several sample setups in the video below.

Source: XusesGB

UltraChen TV is back with yet another broadcast, and a whole new slate of topics to discuss. Tonight, the entire show will be dedicated to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. UltraDavid and James Chen will be discussing the latest entry in Nintendo’s popular fighting franchise with D’Ron “D1″ Maingrette, so be sure to tune in if you’re interested in learning a bit more about the game.

The stream will be live in this article, but you can also visit Twitch to join the chat.

Watch live video from ultrachentv on www.twitch.tv

Source: UltraChen TV, featured image courtesy of Kara “Karaface” Leung

Grab your striped jumpsuit and have your buddy deliver a knife to the center of the stage two days in advance (that’s how it gets there, right?), it’s time for another round of Cody character-specific combos from freeno0b. As many Ultra Street Fighter IV combos that stray from the standard, optimized bread and butter selections, some that you’re about to witness have rather limited uses. But that’s okay, Cody has all the time in the world, why not try and turn some heads through the vigorous application of damage scaling?

That’s not to say that there aren’t some pretty devastating and useful options in this footage, like when Cody manages to squeeze in three fierce attacks before moving on to a Criminal Upper against Sakura or the various ways that he’s able to confirm into his Ultra 2. With so many character-specific options, it’s hard to believe Cody when he says he’s bored.

If you missed the first round of character-specific combos from freeno0b, check them out here!

Source: freeno0b

Every once in a while a combo video comes along and reminds us that there’s always new territory to discover in fighting games. No matter how old or played out a title may seem, we’re sure to see things from time to time that raise eyebrows and get us back into the lab to try out some new things ourselves.

This video from TortillaHabibi has plenty of combos that fit that description perfectly. Though it weighs in at a light two and a half minutes, it spends time with over ten characters, some of which we rarely get to see in combo videos. Be sure to stick around to the end for a particularly impressive string from Juri.

Did you see something that you’ve never seen before? Let us know in the comments!

Source: TortillaHabibi